Jan65
31-10-2009, 12:53 PM
Hi all
I've been reading some of the postings regarding apprenticeships, and have also read the TNA research guide via the link given in some responses.
If I've understood it correctly, it seems that apprenticeships weren't necessary (? -correct word?) for trades that did not exist when the rules were written, so my question is this:
Would my ancestor, who was an iron moulder, have been apprenticed in this trade, and would that have been when he was around 14? He was born about 1811, so the time frame would be in the mid 1820s, and the location would be North Yorkshire/Durham/Northumberland.
I've always assumed that he would have been apprenticed, but now I'm not so sure.
I've been reading some of the postings regarding apprenticeships, and have also read the TNA research guide via the link given in some responses.
If I've understood it correctly, it seems that apprenticeships weren't necessary (? -correct word?) for trades that did not exist when the rules were written, so my question is this:
Would my ancestor, who was an iron moulder, have been apprenticed in this trade, and would that have been when he was around 14? He was born about 1811, so the time frame would be in the mid 1820s, and the location would be North Yorkshire/Durham/Northumberland.
I've always assumed that he would have been apprenticed, but now I'm not so sure.